Cover for haystacks.



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s. s. RAYL. COVER FDR HYSTACKS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL GARRET RAYL, OF TUNIS, IOVA.

COVER FOR HAYsTAcKs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,159, dated November 14, 1899. Application iiled May 19, 1899. Serial Nc.71'7,457. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, SAMUEL GAREET RAYL, of Tunis, in the county of Wapello and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Cover for Haystacks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a sectional cover for haystacks, the sections of which may be adjusted to form a cover of any size desired and by means of which the stacks or ricks may be effectively protected.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of the invention, While the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specicat-ion, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an end elevation of the device in use. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the invention with several of the sections assembled, and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of the same sections dissociated.

The device may be constructed of Wood or metal ora combination of both, as desired.

In the drawings I have illustrated three sections A, B, and C. The section A is the end section andthe sections B and C are intermediate sections, it being understood that another section A is in practice to be used at the end of the cover opposite that to which the end section A is shown applied in the drawings. One end section A is provided for the roof, and the number of intermediate sections B and C employed depends upon the size of the rick or stack to be covered. The section A has a frame formed of two arched strips 4, extending parallel with each other and transversely with respect to the roof. To these strips 4 the roof proper, 5, is fastened. The strips 4 are rigidly joined by stringers 6, and the stringers 6 are fastened at their ends by strips 7, similar to the strips 4 and running, respectively, alongside thereof. By this construction the strips 4 and 7 are separated from each other for a distance equal to the thickness of the stringers 6, the whole structure being rigid, as shown. The intermediate or other sections B and C have strips 4, similar to the strips4 and carrying the roof proper, 5a. Stringers 6ZL are fastened to the Vstrips 4 and are arranged similarly'to the strips 6, except that the strips 6n are extended past the side of the section for a distance equal, approXi mately, to the width of the rooting proper, 5a. The stringers 6a are connected with strips 7a, similar to the strips 7 and arranged in the same manner.

The stringers 6"L in the sections B and C are arranged out of longitudinal alinement with each other, as indicated in the drawings, so that the extended ends of the stringers 6 may be moved between the strips of the adjacent sections in the manner shown in Fig. 2, thus snuglyconnectin g all of the sections and forming a complete cover. For the purpose of making the parts 5 and 5a t snugly in the contiguous section, as shown in Fig. 2, the parts 5a are formed with bent edges 5b, serv ing to overlap the contiguous edges, as illustrated. This makes a secure and weather-tight connection. The sections are arranged to be friction-tight when engaged, so that no latching devices are necessary.

When the device is in use, it is arranged as shown in Fig. 1, and it may be held in place by means of lines 8, which may be anchored to the ground or attached to weights or held in any other manner desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A l. A temporary roof, formed of separable sections provided with stringers projected beyond one of the sections and respectively running in planes immediately adjoining the planes of the stringers of the other sections, and having lateral engagement with the stringers of said other sections.

2. A temporary roof, having a number of separable sections, each section having a roof proper, strips attached to the roof proper, and stringers fastened between the strips, the stringers of one section being projected beyond the same and respectively running in planes immediately adjoining the planes of the stringers of the other section, and having lateral engagement with the stringers of the said other section.

SAMUEL GARRET RAYL. 

